TWELFTH GENERATION

3838. Abraham Dit L'Ecossais Martin⁽¹⁾ was born in 1587 in Coureone ev de Sees, Perche, France. He died on 8 Sep 1664 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He was buried on 8 Sep 1664 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He Profession in "Maitre Pilote" (a master ship's navigator). Abraham Martin, our ancestor, is well known for having been, with Louis Hebert, one of the first colonists of Canada, and also for having bequeathed his name to the famous Plaines of Abraham. Abraham Martin, through his daughters, left many descendants. In the archives of the Dames Ursulines are the titles to two pieces of land which they owned. These were sold to the Ursulines of Quebec by the heirs of Mr. Abraham.

Abraham Martin's land received the name of "Plaines of Abraham," which name also extended to neighboring land, on which was Fought the famous battle between Wolfe and Montcalm.

In addition to the famous and historical Plaines of Quebec named after this illustrious colonist, as river pilot of the St. Laurence River, he was at the beginning of our national navy. As first pilot, it was he who provided the basic knowledge for the first map of the river.

We can easily imagine the danger of such an enterprise. Generally, it's because of shipwrecks that we arrive at locating a channel. The number of buoys placed there to mark a reef also bring to mind disasters.

It is interesting to note that the small boat which currently is still in service for the river pilots at Pointe-au-Pere, near Rimouski, carries the name of the first Canadian river pilot, "Abraham Martin." It was in service with the ship "Jalobert," name of the first French pilot who came to Canada with Cartier.
First land cultivator, and first pilot, Abraham Martin , because of his courage and his knowledge, cut a reputation for himself that is undying and our history will always guard his memory. The Historical Society of the Province of Quebec in June 1923, unveiled his monument at Quebec. A photo of this monument is in the files.

Family Tree Maker - Ancestors of Ryan Michaud states that Abraham Martin was born in Scotland in 1587. My records shown France as the birth place.

Abraham Martin, born Abt 1589; died September 08, 1664 in Quebec, PQ. He married Marguerite Langlois in France. Marguerite Langlois, died December 17, 1665 in Quebec, PQ. Notes for Abraham Martin: One of the first colonists of Canada and it is his farm called the "Plains of Abraham". The first baptisim in the registre of Notre-Dame of Quebec is for Abrahams son Eustache Martin. Abraham was a river pilot on the St Lawrence. Arrived in New France about 1619.

Abraham's farthers first name may have been Jean and not Abraham.

Notes for ABRAHAM Martin (dit L'Ecossais): Parents are Unknown. He arrived in Quebec in 1619, he passed time in France after the capture of Quebec by Kirke, July 24, 1629. He returned to Quebec in 1633 or 34. He was a "maitre pilote" (a master ship's navigator). Around 75 when he died. Burial: September 08, 1664, Quebec.

Abraham Martin, d'origine inconnue, est né en France, en 1589. Il arrive dans ce pays nouveau, vers 1620, avec son épouse Marguerite Langlois, sœur de Françoise Langlois, mariée à Pierre Desportes (parents d'Hélène Desportes). Après la prise de Québec par Kirke, le 24 juillet 1629, ils sont retournés en France, puis revenus à Québec, en 1633. Abraham est avec Louis Hébert l'un des premiers colons canadiens. Cet illustre colon, pilote royal et pilote de navire du Saint-Laurent, est à la source de notre marine nationale. C'est lui qui jette les rudiments de la première carte du fleuve.
La terre d'Abraham Martin, au sommet du Cap Diamants, reçoit le nom des " Plaines d'Abraham ", nom ensuite étendu au plateau voisin, sur lequel est livré la célèbre bataille entre Wolfe et Montcalm. Une anecdote pittoresque rapporte que la " Côte d'Abraham " était le sentier emprunté par Martin, pour descendre à la rivière Saint-Charles abreuver ses animaux.
On dit de cet homme, qui fut laboureur et pêcheur jusque dans le golfe Saint-Laurent, parfois désigné comme pilote, qu'une goutte de sang coule dans les veines de tous les descendants de Français.
Sa compagne, Marguerite Langlois, lui donne neuf enfants, dont celui d'Eustache Martin, le premier fils d'un Français, né en Nouvelle-France. C'est le premier baptême qui est inscrit sur le registre de Notre-Dame de Québec, en date du 21 octobre 1621. A part la mention de son baptême, nous n'avons aucune précision quelconque sur Eustache Martin, sûrement décédé très jeune.
Abraham Martin a laissé par ses filles, une très nombreuse postéritée, dont trois ont un lien dans cette généalogie.
Le second baptême qui a lieu à Québec, est celui de Marguerite Martin, soeur d'Eustache Martin. sa naissance est ainsi enregistrée à la date du 4 janvier 1624. Marguerite Martin devient, le 22 mai 1638, la femme d'Étienne Racine, fils de René Racine et de Marie Loisel, de Fumichon, en Normandie.
Si le premier enfant du pionnier Français ne laisse pas de postérité, il n'en est pas de même de la première fille, car les descendants des dix enfants de Marguerite Martin, mariée à Étienne Racine, se comptent aujourd'hui par milliers.
Trois enfants Racine nous créent des liens, dont un fils, Noël Racine, né en 1643. Il épouse en 1667, Marguerite Gravel, née en 1651, fille de Joseph-Massé Gravel, dit Brindelière, originaire de St-Sauveur de Dinan, en Bretagne et de Marguerite Tavernier, originaire de Sainte-Madeleine de la Ventrouze, en Randonnay.
Ensuite une fille, Marie-Madeleine Racine, née en 1646, épouse en 1661, Noël Simard, née en 1636, originaire de Puymoyen en Charente, en France, fils de l'ancêtre Pierre Simard,dit Lombrette et de Suzanne Durand.
La troisième est Jeanne Racine, née en 1660. Elle épouse en 1682, Jean Paré, né en 1656, fils des ancêtres Robert Paré et Françoise Lehoux. Leur fils Thimothé Paré, né en 1700, épouse en 1725, Geneviève Barette, née en 1705.
La deuxième fille Martin, Marie, née en 1635, épouse Jean Cloutier, né en 1620, à St-Jean de Mortagne, en France, fils des ancêtres Zacharie Cloutier et Xainte Dupont.
Trois enfants Cloutier créent des liens, dont un fils, Jean Cloutier, né en 1652. Il épouse en 1679, Louise Bélanger, née en 1657, fille des ancêtres, François Bélanger et Marie Guyon.
Ensuite, une fille, Marie Cloutier, née en 1655, épouse en 1671, Jean-François Bélanger, née en 1648, frère de Louise.
Une autre fille Cloutier, Xainte, née en 1661, épouse en 1681, Charles Fortin, né en 1656, fils des ancêtres Julien Fortin et Geneviève Gamache.
Puis, la troisième fille Martin, nommée Anne, née en 1645, épouse l'ancêtre Jacques Raté, né vers 1631, originaire de Laleu, dans LaRochelle, en Aunis, France.
Trois enfants Raté établissent aussi des liens qui nous concernent. Une première fille, Marie-Anne, née en 1665, épouse en 1683, Ignace Gosselin, né en 1655, fils des ancêtres, Gabriel Gosselin et Françoise LeLièvre.
Un garçon, Pierre Raté, né en 1675, épouse en 1702, Jeanne Nolin, née en 1685, fille des ancêtres, Jacques Nolin, dit Deschatelets et de Françoise Chalifoux.
Puis finalement, une autre fille Raté, Louise, née en 1680, épouse en 1700, Louis Martin, né en 1671, fils d'un autre pionnier Martin, Joachin et d'Anne-Charlotte Petit.
L'ancêtre Abraham Martin, dit l'Écossais est inhumé à Québec, le 8 septembre 1664, vers l'âge de 75 ans. Sa veuve, Marguerite Langlois, épouse le 17 février 1665, René Branche, et est inhumée le 17 décembre, au cours de la même année.

Notes for Abraham* Martin:
These notes were import from WFT. cd.:

From a biography by Henry B. M. Best using sources: Collection de manuscripts relatifs à la Nouv.-France, I, 61. JR (Thwaites). P.-B. Casgrain, "La Fontaine d'Abraham Martin et le site de son habitation," RSCT, 2d ser., IX (1903, sect.I 145 - 55. Dionne, Chmplain. A. G. Doughty and G. W. Parmelee, "The siege of Quebec and the battle of the Plains of Abraham" (6v., Quebec, 1901), II, 289 -309. John Knox, " An historical journal of the campaigns in North America for the years 1757, 1758, 1759 & 1760" and others as follows:
MARTIN, ABRAHAM (dit " l'ÉCOSSAIS " or " Maître Abraham "), pilot; b. 1589 in France; d. 8 Sept. 1664 at Quebec.
Martin arrived in New France with his wife, Marguerite Langlois, her sister Francois and brother-in-law Pierre Desportes (the parents of Hélène Desportes) about 1620. Martin may have been of Scottish descent or he might have used the sobriquet if he had been enrolled in military service or had been a member of an illegal organization: such names were used for deserted soldiers or in case the records of an illegal organization were seized. It is also possible that he acquired the name because he had made several voyages to Scotland as a young man. There is some question as to whether Martin was really an official pilot or not, although he was referred to as "kings pilot" in his own day. However, he did fish well down into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
It is presumed that the Plains (or Heights) of Abraham are named after Martin. It is picturesquely said that the "Côte d'Abraham" was the path that Martin used to the St. Charles River to water his animals. His property amounted to 32 acres in all, 12 received from the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France in 1635 and 20 as a gift from Sieur Adrien du Chesne, ship's surgeon to Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny in 1645. This land was sold by the martin family to the Ursulines in 1667. It is possible that this is the same Martin who was employed by Jean De Biencourt and Du Gua de Monts as navigator on the coast of Acadia, although he would have been very young at that time. When David Kirk captured Quebec in 1629 and left his brother Lewis as governor until 1632, Martin and his family stayed on. In his later years Martin fell in the estimation of his fellow citizens when he was accused of improper conduct with regard to a young girl in Quebec. He was imprisoned for this on 15 Feb.1649.

As far as can be found from the records, Abraham Martin and Maire Langlois had 9 or 10 children. Anne Martin, born in France and married 17 Nov. 1635 to Jean Côté, was probably not Abraham's daughter. Eustache, baptized 24 Oct. 1621 and the godson of Eustache Boullé was the first child born in Canada. MARGUERITE, born 4 Jan. 1624 and Marie 22 May 1638 to ÉTIENNE RACINE had many descendants, including the 2 bishops Racine. Hèléne, born 21 June 1627, was a god-child of Samuel de Champlain. She married first Claude Étienne in 1640 and on 3 Sep. 1647 Médard Chouart Des Groseilliers. (Not mention here is Marie Martin, born 1632 and married 21 Jan. 1648 to Jean Cloutier. This from "Our French-Canadian Ancestors by Thomas J. Laforest, Vol. 5, pg. 58.) also not mentioned is [MADELEINE MARTIN b. ABOUT 1635 MARRIED NICOLAS FORGET 6 FEB. 1653 AT QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC. This data from research done by Mrs. Anita Coderre, GCRS, of Ottawa, Ontario.] Charles-Amador, born 7 March 1648, the godson of Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour, was the second Canadian-born priest. It is possible that Brother Dominque Scot, spoken of in the Jesuit Relations as having gone to the Huron country as a young man, was also a son. It is also possible that a young man who is mentioned as having been in the Huron country at the same time (1634-35) was Eustache Martin.

He was married to Marguerite Langlois in 1613 in St Jean de Montagne, Perche, France. Family Tree Maker - Ancestors of Ryan Michaud shows the year of Marriage as 1620. My records show the year of Marriage as 1613.

3839. Marguerite Langlois ⁽¹⁾ was born in 1592 in Coureone ev de Sees, Perche, France. She died on 17 Dec 1665 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She was buried on 19 Dec 1665 in Notre-Dame, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Notes for Marguerite Langlois:
From France


       Children of Abraham Martin and Marguerite Langlois are:

 i. Anne Martin, born 1614; married Jean Cote 1635 in Quebec, PQ.
 ii. Eustache Martin, born October 24, 1621 in Quebec, PQ.
 iii. Marguerite Martin, born January 04, 1623/24 in Quebec, PQ; married Etienne Racine May 22, 1638 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
 iv. Helen Martin, born June 21, 1627; married Claude Etienne 1640.
 3659v. Marie Martin, born April 10, 1635 in Quebec, Canada; died April 25, 1699 in Chateau Richer, Quebec; married Jean Cloutier January 21, 1647/48 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
 vi. Adrien Jean Martin, born November 22, 1638 in Quebec, PQ.
 vii. Madeleine Martin, born September 13, 1640; married Nicolas Froget 1653.
 viii. Barbe Martin, born January 04, 1642/43; married Pierre Biron 1655.
 3685ix. Anne Martin, born March 23, 1644/45; married Jacques Rate November 12, 1658 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
 x. Charles Amador Martin, born March 07, 1647/48 in Quebec, PQ; died June 19, 1711.


Sister of Francoise Langlois m. to Pierre Desportes. Children were:

1545 i. Anne Martin.
ii. Eustache Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 24 Oct 1621 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He was baptized on 24 Oct 1621 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. He died after 1663. Eustache Martin's baptism was the first baptism entered in the register of Notre-Dame of Quebec.
iii. Marguerite Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 4 Jan 1624 in Quebec, Canada. She died on 25 Nov 1679 in Chateau Richer, Montmorency, Quebec, Canada.
iv. Helene Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 21 Jun 1627 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She was baptized on 21 Jun 1627 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada.
859 v. Marie Martin, Dit Lescossois.
vi. Adrian Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 22 Nov 1638 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada. He was baptized on 22 Nov 1638 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
vii. Madeleine Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 13 Sep 1640 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She was baptized on 13 Sep 1640 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada.
viii. Barbe Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 4 Jan 1643 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She was baptized on 4 Jan 1643 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada. She died on 5 Oct 1660 in Hôtel-Dieu, Québec, Canada.
417 ix. Anne Martin.
x. Charles Amadors Martin⁽¹⁾ was born on 7 Feb 1648 in Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. He was baptized on 7 Mar 1648 in Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. He died on 19 Jun 1711 in Beaupre, Quebec, Canada. He was buried on 19 Jun 1711. He Profession in Singer and musician. Charles-Amadors, the only son of Abraham who survived, was the second Canadian to become a priest. He was a member of the seminary for foreign missions of Quebec and a canon at the cathedral.

First name may be Claude.

Internet source shows the birth date as March 06, 1647/48
xi. Marie Martin⁽¹⁾.